The Hidden People by Anne-Marie Oomen
Facebook Threads Mastodon Bluesky The rune Fe = Wealth In Nordurardalur, one of Iceland’s northernmost regions, my beloved David and…
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Strength in Numbers: Sicilian Women on the Front Line by Anne Calcagno
Facebook Threads Mastodon Bluesky Mom slumped, largely out of it, occasionally jolting up. She now blinked at the two large…
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The One I Hold On To by DeLon Howell
It has been many years since I played son to my father. Most of my life since the word Daddy…
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Excerpt: Christine Eberle’s Finding God in Irreverence
And Jesus wept. — John 11:35 The young mother in the emergency room was rushed there straight from her son’s…
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Excerpt: Sarah Iven’s Forest Therapy
Fall in Love Autumn is the season when the world mellows out and takes stock on what has already been…
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Excerpt: Greg Olear’s Dirty Rubles: An Introduction to Trump/Russia
Let’s begin with the lies—or, rather, with one lie, the same lie that was repeated time and time again. The…
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My Bed and Others by Patricia Ann McNair
Doing the dishes with the radio on. The orange man in the white house claims he has been affected by…
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Everything I Did That Day by Re’Lynn Hansen
Dear Rena. I know you will understand this letter because it is about everything. It’s homage to our talks—which are…
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Merchant Marine by Garin Cycholl
I’d have gone to sea. At twelve years old, I got an itch to head east as soon as I…
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On Getting Straight Answers by Eileen Favorite
The students depart in vans, Checker cabs, short yellow buses, and limousines. A forty-mile radius is their domain—leafy Palos Hills,…
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Elevator to Curaçao by Lasher Lane
When I first met Sara, she stood face to face before me, asking what was stuck to the front of…
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Playing Tricks by Samantha Paige Rosen
For six months I’ve been living in an apartment no one sets foot in but me, in a building full…
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In Defense of Self-Harm by Rachel Belth
The ultimate end cannot be to feel pain because it barely hurts — something less than a paper cut. Perhaps it’s…
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The Snuggle Hustle by Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
Most nights, I am gripped with fear. I drink a glass of red wine, smoke a joint, sink down into…
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Regret by Michele Friske
I am 60 now. I guess it’s natural that I reflect on my life, sort through my accomplishments and my…
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The Thing That John Schultz Built by Ira Brooker
Originally published: irabrooker.com John Schultz built a thing. A weird, wobbly, unwieldy thing that sometimes confused and frightened even those…
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At Any Age by Mare Swallow
I have no children. I am not going to have children. This fact struck me full force after my grandmother’s…
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Misnomer by Jason Arment
Misnomer I didn’t think much of Recruit Marshal. He arrived at boot camp 40 pounds overweight and lost his breath…
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Ghosts on the Dashboard by Leah Tallon
There’s an early photo of me as an almost-toddler, shirtless and in a diaper, drinking juice from a Budweiser can.…
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Other Human Hearts by Michael Fischer
I’m at a stop sign, taking it way too literally so Heath can open the passenger door and vomit onto…
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